Coin holder



R. WALLENSTEIN.

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APPLICATION FILED APR.26, 1921.

Patented May 2, 1922.

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Application filed April 26, 1921.

To allfwhom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RALPH "VALLENSTEIN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Providence, in the county of Providence and State of Rhode Island, have invented a new and Improved Coin Holder, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of the invention is to provide anew and improved coin holder more especially designed for the use 'of'shoppers and other persons, and arranged to enable the user to readily deliver coins of'various denominations in a very simple manner and without the user handling the coin.

Another object is to provide a coin holder which is simple, durable in construction,

easily filled with coins and readily'manip ulated to deliver the coins as desired.

With these and other objects in view, the

invention consists of certain novel features of construction as hereinafter shown and described and then specifically pointed out in the claims.

Apractical embodiment of the invention is represented in the accompanying drawings forming apart of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a-front elevation of the improved coin holder with the cover in closed position; I

Figure 2is a similar viewof the same with the covenopen;

Figure 3 is a cross section of the improved coin holder with the cover in closed position;

Figure 4 is an enlarged front elevation of the lower portion of the improved coin holder with the cover in open position and parts shown in section; and

Figure 5 is a sectional plan view of the same on the line 5-5 of Figure 4.

The casing 10 of the coin holder is preferably provided with a hinged cover 11 adapted to be fastened in closed position by a suitable spring catch 12. The upper end of the cover 11 is preferably provided with a handle 13 in the form'of a chain or the like to permit the user to conveniently carry the coin holder about. Within the casing 1.0 are arranged at least two guideways 15 and 16 disposed vertically and adapted to contain coins 17 and 18 of different denominations; for instance, as shown in the drawings the coins 17 are dimes while the coins Specification of Letters Patent.

Patna May a, reaa.

Serial 1T0. 464,646.

18 are nickels, but it is expressly understood that I do not limit myself to'guideways l5 and 16 for accommodating these particular coins or the number of such. guideways. The lower ends of the guideways 15: and 16' register with discharge openings 19 and 20 through which the lowermost coins 17 and 18 are adapted to pass after being released, as hereinafter more fully explained.

In order to normally retain the coins 17' and 18 in the'guideways15 and 16 and'to" release the lowermost coin whenever it-is desired to do so, the following arrangement is made: On one side of the guideway 15 is pivoted at 25 a two-ended lever 26 extending at its lower and upper ends 27 and 28 through openings 29 and30 arranged in the corresponding side of the guideway-15. The lever 26 is pivotally con nected above the fulcrum 25 with a link 32 terminating in a knob or handle 33 ex a handle 49 extending within the opening.

50 arranged above the opening 34 for the knob 33. A spring 51' is secured at its lower end at 52 on the casing 10, and the said spring engages the inner edges of both knobs 33 and 49 so as to normally hold the said knobs in outermost position. By ref erence to Figure 2 it will be noticed that when the parts are thus disposed the lower ends 27 and 42 of the levers 26 and 40 are in engagement with the lower peripheral edges of the lowermost coins in the guideways 15 and 16 thus confining the said coins in the said guideways 15 and 16. When it is desired to release the lowermost coin 17 then the user merely presses the knob 83 to cause the link 32 to impart a swinging movement to the lever 26 whereby the lower end 27 of this lever moves out of engagement with the lowermost coin 17 and its upper end 28 passes into the path of the next following coin 17. Thus the lowermost coin is released and allowed to drop by its own weight through the opening 19 to the outside of the casing, while the next,

following coin 17 is retained and slides down into lowermost position only after the knob 33 is released and the lever 26 swung back to the normal position shown in Figures 2 and 4. When it is desired to discharge the coin 18 it is only necessary for the user to press the knob 49 to actuate the lever to in the same manner as above described relative to the lever 26 to release the lowermost coin l8 and to retain the next following coin 18. On releasing the knob l9 this re tained coin is released and allowed to slide into lowermost position against the lower end 42 of the lever 10.

From the foregoing it will be seen that by the arrangement described the lowermost coins 1? and 18 can be released and allowed to drop out of the casing 10 through the openings 19 and 20 on the operator correspondingly pressing the knobs 33 and 49. It will further be noticed that the user or the device does not need to handle the coins after releasing the same in order to remove the coin from the casing as the coins by their own weight slide out of the casing, as above explained.

In order to fill the coin holder it is only necessary for the user to hold the closed casing 10 upside down and place the corre spending coins successively into the openings l9 and 20 and to press and release the corresponding buttons or knobs 33 and 49 to allow the coins to drop down in the guideways 15 and 16 and pass the ends of the levers 26 and 40. Thus each of the guideways 15 and 16 can be filled with proper coins.

It will be noticed that by arranging the guideways 15 and 16 as shown and described the coins are superimposed edgewise and hence lie fiat in the casing 10 thus permitting of making the casing very thin. lit desired, the casing 10 and its cover 11 may be arranged to form a vanity case in addition to providing a coin holder by placing a mirror, powder puff, powder holders and like devices in the casing and cover, without, however, interfering with the workings of the coin holding and releasing means.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:-

1. A coin holder, comprising a casing provided at its lower end with a plurality of unobstructed coin discharge openings, a plurality of vertically disposed guideways within said casing and in alinement with said coin discharge openings, retaining and releasing levers fulcrumed in the casing at one side of said guideways, the ends of said levers being adapted to project alternately into the guideways on actuating the levers, links pivotally connected with said levers and terminating in knobs extending through one side of the casing to the outside thereof, and a spring attached to the casing engaging said knobs to normally hold the levers in retaining positions and to allow each knob and its lever to be actuated independent of one another.

2. A coin holder comprising a casinghaving provided at its lower end a plurality of unobstructed coin discharge openings, guideways in alinement with said coin discharge openings, retaining and releasing levers "fulcrumed in the casing and associated with the guideways to control the discharge of the coins from the casing, links pivotally connected to said levers and projecting beyond the casing to serve as an operating means for the levers, and a continuous springso suspended from the casing and co-operating with the links as to hold the levers in their coin retaining positions and allowing operation of each lever independently.

RALPH WALLENSLEIN. 

